Original BBC dalek now living in a front room

A look at a complete and all-original renegade dalek from Remembrance of the Daleks

This grey and black 'renegade' dalek starred with Sylvester McCoy in the 1988 series 'Remembrance Of The Daleks', what many thought would be the last outing for the daleks, and one that proved hugely popular with viewers. Of course, Christopher Eccleston would battle a new breed of daleks when Dr Who hit the small screen again in 2005!

This glass-fibre survivor was bought at the famous Dr Who auction at London's Bonham's showrooms in 1991. It was in remarkably good condition, with every internal mechanism complete and nothing smashed. Since then, it's suffered from paint peel but little else. All the missing hemispheres are carefully stored away, ready for some light repainting of the skirt, once the correct colour grey has been matched. I can confirm that this dalek is very heavy. The base alone takes two to lift it - the castors are off to prevent it wandering!

It has the traditional hole in the dome allowing a thick screw bolt to protrude through and assist with the revolving of the dome on it's three castors, set into the top of the wooden neck bin. The original, and somewhat complicated, eye mover levers are still in place, wired up with the dome lights flasher switch. The original dome light batteries were still in place, but are now safely removed after leakage of acid was noticed. A set of new batteries and, almost certainly, the lights would spring into life once again.

If you own an ORIGINAL dalek prop, one that was seen in a BBC Doctor Who series, in either of the two cinema films starring Peter Cushing or was used in the London stage productions, I would love to come and photograph it, and lavish you with free prints, so please send me an

All images are copyright Chris Balcombe 2005, and cannot be used on any other website or in any publication. The Daleks are copyright BBC Worldwide and Terry Nation's estate.